Love on the Dole (1941)
- Directed by
- John Baxter
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A working-class family in 1930s northern England struggles against poverty and unemployment. A young woman tries to help her family survive as her father loses his job.
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What happens
Love on the Dole is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Deborah Kerr and Clifford Evans. It was adapted by Walter Greenwood, Barbara K. Emary and Rollo Gamble from the 1934 play by Ronald Gow based on Greenwood's 1933 novel of the same name. It was the first English-made feature film to show English police wielding batons against a crowd. It is the best known film by Baxter and one of the best known from British National Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Little Friend (1934)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.